Vidya Krishna

Consultant in Infectious Diseases, Chennai, India. Paed ID. Writer. Happy mom. Believe in loving kindness and conscious living.

[Timothy Li @drtimothyli]

ID causes of rash involving palms and soles

[Vidya Krishna @krshvid]

@martinhoenigl @CornelyOliver Thank you

[Vidya Krishna @krshvid]

Pt with pan S severe C tropicalis peritonitis , candidemia cleared, stable, max source control, no sig collections, prolonged fevers, your antifungal of choice-PK PD wise? Flu or Vori, or echinocandin? @CornelyOliver @martinhoenigl #idtwitter

[transplantid.net @TransplantIDNet]

You may be able to access this complete textbook online through your institution!

In our "TEXTBOOKS" collection

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[Vidya Krishna @krshvid]

@"A wish for a lifetime"https://t.co/FBTdMxoweW on @LinkedIn…. A poem that has kickstarted my new year.#poetryonlife #inspirational

[Vidya Krishna @krshvid]

@drswapgautam @venkat_id @IDdocAkshatha @DrNitinShinde5 @tejaVasireddy4 No, there is a role in acute severe hepatitis progressing to failure.. this profile doesn’t fit into the same.

[Vidya Krishna @krshvid]

What a brilliant oration by @paimadhu in Chennai last night for the 25th oration of REACH foundation 👏👏👏. “Bridging the know-do gap in TB care in India” - lessons extend to non-TB medical conditions and to life! Choose care over control, listen to and learn from ur pts!

[Dr Swapnil Gautam @drswapgautam]

🥼📝 Molnupiravir is not effective for reduction in hospitalization or death within 30 days of diagnosis of Covid 19.@IDdocAkshatha
@krshvid @venkat_id
#COVID19
#COVID19India
#DrSwapnilGautam

[Vidya Krishna @krshvid]

@osullivan81 @ThePCCLondon @brettgoldstein Happy Christmas, Catherine !

[Antibiotic Steward Bassam Ghanem 🅱️C🆔🅿️🌟 @ABsteward]

A common question in clinical practice is, "Does this patient need blood cultures?"
This is my go-to review 🌟@ValeriaFabreMD @CIDJournal guidance regarding indications for initial & follow-up blood cultures in adult non-neutropenic inpatients #idxposts
https://t.co/KGkOREy3Q9

[Timothy Li @drtimothyli]

Ten common misconceptions about antibiotic use in the hospital
@JHospMedicine

Everyone who sees patients and prescribes antibiotics in hospital should read this

https://t.co/9UA5K7djS9

[TransplantID Journal @TheTxIDjournal]

Excited to share that our next @TheTxIDjournal Special Edition - on Infections in Patients Undergoing Hematopoietic Cell Transplant.

Amazing reviews on all key aspects of HSCT ID.

https://t.co/ddvq8U0il4

[Blood Journals Portfolio @BloodPortfolio]

How I treat posttransplant lymphoproliferative disorder
https://t.co/z6FLc2vOUf #howitreat #lymphoidneoplasia #transplantation

[transplantid.net @TransplantIDNet]

Patients undergoing CAR-T cell therapy get complications which mimic sepsis.

The "@TheEBMT /EHA CART-T Cell Handbook" has chapters on:

- Cytokine release syndrome and HLH https://t.co/5j8sld3qVc

- Immune Effector Cell-Associated Neurotoxicity Syndrome https://t.co/nnRZejwqoO

[Asad Naveed @dr_asadnaveed]

How to read a paper?

Here are 7 guides from The BMJ on how to read and interpret different types of research papers:

[Soumitra 🌻 সৌমিত্র சௌமித்ரா سومترہ @netshrink]

A thread on the generic vs patented medicines debate for those not from a medical background. Hence I am simplifying some concepts. Experts please excuse.
Here we go!

Medicines are generally discovered/invented by Pharma companies. The company which first discovers/invents...+

[Vidya Krishna @krshvid]

@Jasonphilip8 Truly Inspiring . Thanks for sharing 🙏🏻

[Dr Jason Philip. M.S., MCh @Jasonphilip8]

In the year 1917, a Tamil Indian girl was born in a middle class family at Rangoon, Burma, where her father had gone for a living. He named her Sivaramakrishna Iyer Padmavathi. At a time when women were traditionally confined to the kitchen/illiterate, the middle class girl did MBBS from Rangoon Medical College.
When the Japanese invaded Burma, they briefly returned to their traditional home in Coimbatore. In 1949, she went to London to do an FRCP, then unimaginable for a Female Indian doctor. She was selected to study further at Johns Hopkins University, US, where she trained under the legendary cardiologist Helen Taussig. Thereafter, she moved to Harvard University, where she trained under the Father of Cardiology- Paul Dudley White.
When a glorious cardiology career awaited her in the US, she was firm in returning to India & serving Indians. She joined Lady Hardinge Medical College in 1953, to become India's First Lady Cardiologist.
S.I.Padmavathi started India's first Cathlab & exclusive Cardiac Clinic. Started India's first DM Cardiology course. She founded the All India Heart Foundation (AIHF) in 1962, to serve the poor & needy. She joined Maulana Azad Medical College in 1967, by which time her fame had spread. The Indian Govt under Indira Gandhi honoured her with the Padma Bhushan, that year.
She was the cardiologist & administrator of 3 great colleges at the same time- MAMC, G.B.Pant Hospital & Lok Nayak Hospital. She retired as Director,MAMC in 1978.
She set up the National Heart Institute (NIH) in 1981, at Delhi. At age 90, Padmavathi became a fellow of The European Society of Cardiology in 2007.
Till age 95, (year 2015), Padmavathi worked 12 hours a day, five days a week, to serve poor and needy Indians, with state-of-the-art Cardiac Care. She retired from active practice, that year. The Government of India bestowed India's second highest Civilian Award, the Padma Vibushan on S.I.Padmavathi in 1992.
Both Padmavathi and her sister Janaki(neurologist) remained single and started the Janaki-Padmavathi trust, pouring in their entire earnings to start a trust to provide poor people with money for life-saving Heart Surgeries.
After dedicating her entire life to serving the poor in the field of Cardiology, S.I.Padmavathi passed away in 2020, at age 103 from Corona.
Imagine the steely resolve, vision, brilliance and sheer determination of this iron- lady to shatter the glass ceiling in achieving all these, serving poor Indians with quality cardiac care, and finally giving away all her wealth to her fellow citizens.
Most of the DMs I get are about: How do I get through USMLE or PLAB? What salaries can I get? Quality of Life? Citizenship?
Here is an inspiring story of the first female cardiologist of India, who achieved so much by returning to her country. Tamilnadu & India should be mighty proud of their daughter- Sivaramakrishna Iyer Padmavathi!

[Priya Nori MD, FSHEA, FIDSA @PriyaNori]

What’s the secret to being a change agent in healthcare? “You can’t let fear paralyze you. The worse that can happen is you fail but guess what: You get up and try again. Feel that pain, get over it, get up, dust yourself off and keep it moving.” –Queen Latifah